French film score composer (1932–2019)
Michel Legrand
Born Michel Jean Legrand
(1932-02-24 ) 24 February 1932Paris, France
Died 26 January 2019(2019-01-26) (aged 86) Occupations Film score composer jazz pianist Years active 1946–2019
Michel Jean Legrand (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl jazz pianist ,[ 1] [ 2] French New Wave directorJacques Demy ,The Umbrellas of Cherbourg The Young Girls of Rochefort Academy Award nominations. Legrand won his first Oscar for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind " fromThe Thomas Crown Affair [ 3] Summer of '42 Barbra Streisand 'sYentl
Legrand was born in Paris[ 4] Raymond Legrand , who was himself a conductor and composer,[ 5] Jacques Hélian .[ 6] [ 6] Armenian .[ 7]
Legrand composed more than two hundred film and television scores.[ 8] Oscars [ 9] Grammys .[ 10] Conservatoire de Paris from age 11, working with, among others,Nadia Boulanger [ 10] [ 8] I Love Paris Miles Davis andStan Getz .[ 1] Christiane Legrand was a member ofThe Swingle Singers and his nieceVictoria Legrand is a member of thedream pop bandBeach House .[ 11]
Legrand composed music forJacques Demy 's filmsThe Umbrellas of Cherbourg Recit de Cassard came and in turn, in English became the standardWatch What Happens ) andThe Young Girls of Rochefort relyricized "You Must Believe in Spring" is considered a jazz standard. Legrand appeared and performed inAgnès Varda 'sCléo from 5 to 7 Joseph Losey 'sEva The Thomas Crown Affair The Windmills of Your Mind "),Ice Station Zebra The Picasso Summer The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun The Go-Between Summer of '42 Clint Eastwood 'sBreezy The Three Musketeers Orson Welles 's last-completed filmF for Fake TriStar Pictures 1998 family filmMadeline The Other Side of the Wind Yentl Louis Malle 's filmAtlantic City Brian's Song Billboard [ 12]
Legrand in 2008 Legrand died ofsepsis ,[ 13] [ 14] American Hospital of Paris inNeuilly-sur-Seine , where he had been hospitalized for two weeks for apulmonary infection . His funeral was held in Paris at theAlexander Nevsky Cathedral on 1 February 2019.[ 15] Père Lachaise Cemetery .[ 16] [ 17]
In 1997, Legrand composed the score for the musicalLe Passe-muraille Didier Van Cauwelaert . It premiered onBroadway in 2002 asAmour Jeremy Sams and was directed byJames Lapine .[ 18] [ 19] Tony Award in 2003 for Best Score.[ 20] Legrand Affair Melissa Errico ,[ 20] Alan and Marilyn Bergman .[ 21]
The world premiere of the new musicalMarguerite Alain Boublil andClaude-Michel Schönberg , the creators ofLes Misérables Miss Saigon Herbert Kretzmer .Marguerite is set during World War II in occupied Paris, and was inspired by the romantic novelLa Dame aux Camélias Alexandre Dumas fils . It premiered in May 2008 at theHaymarket Theatre , London and was directed byJonathan Kent .[ 22]
Legrand won threeOscars (from 13 nominations), fiveGrammys , and was nominated for anEmmy . His first Academy Award win was in 1969 for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind", followed with the Academy Award for his music forSummer of ’42 in 1972 and forYentl in 1984.[ 9]
Following are a selection of the awards and nominations with which Legrand's works have been honored:
Academy Award awards and nominations [ edit ] Source:AllMovie [ 23]
Golden Globe awards and nominations [ edit ] Source: All Movie[ 23]
Original Score: Original Song: Grammy Award awards and nominations [ edit ] Source: Grammy.com[ 29]
Best Instrumental Composition: "Theme fromSummer of '42 (The Summer Knows) " (1971) –win Best Instrumental Arrangement: "Theme From Summer Of '42" (1971) – nomination Best Pop Instrumental Performance: "Theme From Summer Of '42" (1971) – nomination Best arrangement accompanying vocalist:What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? Sarah Vaughan ) (1972) –win [ 30] Song of the year: "The Summer Knows" fromSummer of '42 (1972) – nomination Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s): "The Summer Knows" (1972) – nomination Best instrumental composition: "Brian's Song" [TV] (1972) –win Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special:The Three Musketeers (1974) – nomination Best Instrumental Composition: "Images" (1975)win Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band: "Images" (1975)win Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special:Yentl (1984) – nomination Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals:Yentl (Barbra Streisand ) (1984) – nomination Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals: "Nature Boy" (track from "Unforgettable") (1991) – nomination[ 31] Best Instrumental Arrangement: "Where Or When" (Track from: "Happy Radio Days", Erato Records) (1998) – nomination[ 32] Theatre nominations [ edit ] Emmy Award nominations [ edit ] Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore):A Woman Called Golda [TV] (1982)[ 34] Fennecus nominations [ edit ] Song score, original or adaptation:Yentl (1983) Original song: "The Way He Makes Me Feel" fromYentl (1983) Original score, comedy:Best Friends (1982) Original song, drama: "The Way He Makes Me Feel" fromYentl (1983) Original song score/adaptation/compilation, drama:Yentl (1983) Best Original Music Score:Dingo win [ 35] Henry Mancini Award, awarded byASCAP , forLe Passe-Muraille (1998)[ 38] [ 39] "Michel Legrand, let the music play", directed byGregory Monro in 2018
"Once upon a time Michel Legrand", directed by David Hertzog Dessites in 2024
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